Caged Teacher
A free teacher explores Alternative methods to enhance her classroom And her students want more To interject metaphors And philosophy to her students produces an encore Obtaining adequate books and technology is not a chore She can walk her halls feeling safe and secure She teaches in liberty And lessons flow freely downstream But a teacher that walks Down her narrow path to her bob wired class Can seldom see pass the metal detectors And the state mandated testing objectives Her creativity is clipped And her hands are tied So she opens her mouth to speak The caged teacher speaks With a worried spiel Of things unrevealed But yearned for still And her voice is heard On a distant hill For the caged teacher Speaks of liberty The free teacher thinks of another creative lesson And the beauty of connecting life wi...